The Weather Network’s Spring forecast is not encouraging.
“Early tastes of warm spring weather will continue to tease at times, but overall, March and April will test our patience with periods of colder than normal weather expected, which will include additional high-impact winter weather for much of the province. However, we are optimistic that May will bring enough warm weather to bring our temperatures to near normal for the season as a whole.”
The sap may not flow until at least the third week of March. Yeesh
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
DYI Vacuum Filter
2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.